RNS Number : 3081Y
Reach PLC
03 May 2023
 

3 May 2023

Reach plc

 

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

 

In accordance with the arrangements announced on 31 March 2023, the AGM of Reach plc (the "Company") was held today at 11:00am at Numis' Offices, 45 Gresham St, London, EC2V 7BF.

 

All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. Save for resolution 7, which was not put to the meeting, resolutions 1 to 16 and 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 and 21 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below.

 

 

 

VOTES
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

VOTES
CAST

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES
WITHHELD

1

Annual Report and Accounts

234,551,914

99.94

136,583

0.06

234,688,497

73.93%

234,551

2

Remuneration Report

212,391,939

90.45

22,430,699

9.55

234,822,638

73.98%

100,410

3

Dividend

234,827,832

99.99

24,289

0.01

234,852,121

73.99%

70,927

4

Re-elect Nick Prettejohn

232,274,777

98.92

2,524,418

1.08

234,799,195

73.97%

123,853

5

Re-elect Jim Mullen

220,909,267

94.07

13,928,385

5.93

234,837,652

73.98%

85,396

6

Re-elect Anne Bulford

232,705,976

99.11

2,085,602

0.89

234,791,578

73.97%

131,470

7

Re-elect Steve Hatch

WITHDRAWN

8

Re-elect Barry Panayi

232,692,272

99.10

2,101,783

0.90

234,794,055

73.97%

128,993

9

Re-elect Olivia Streatfeild

215,175,517

91.64

19,636,971

8.36

234,812,488

73.97%

110,560

10

Elect Darren Fisher

232,753,704

99.13

2,045,622

0.87

234,799,326

73.97%

123,722

11

Elect Priya Guha

232,639,579

99.08

2,153,869

0.92

234,793,448

73.97%

129,600

12

Elect Denise Jagger

232,642,018

99.09

2,147,952

0.91

234,789,970

73.97%

133,078

13

Elect Wais Shaifta

232,625,869

99.08

2,165,887

0.92

234,791,756

73.97%

131,292

14

Re-Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

228,711,542

97.39

6,133,034

2.61

234,844,576

73.98%

78,472

15

Auditors' remuneration

234,684,474

99.94

144,192

0.06

234,828,666

73.98%

94,382

16

Allot shares

216,273,038

92.07

18,633,321

7.93

234,906,359

74.00%

16,689

17

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

216,976,414

92.38

17,907,939

7.62

234,884,353

74.00%

38,695

18

Further disapplication of pre-emption rights

210,881,298

89.78

24,010,242

10.22

234,891,540

74.00%

31,508

19

Purchase of own shares

228,737,116

97.39

6,130,503

2.61

234,867,619

73.99%

55,429

20

Political donations

216,823,325

92.31

18,057,489

7.69

234,880,814

73.99%

42,234

21

Notice for General Meetings

232,686,738

99.09

2,146,247

0.91

234,832,985

73.98%

90,063

 

 

Notes:

 

1.   A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

2.   The issued share capital figure used to calculate the percentage voted is 317,429,556. This is the figure as at the close of business on 28 April 2023 and excludes the number of ordinary shares held in treasury at that date.

3.   As announced on 14 April 2023, Steve Hatch had decided to step down from his role as Non-Executive Director of the Company from the close of the AGM with the consequence that the resolution to re-elect Steve Hatch as a director of the Company included as resolution 7 in the Notice of AGM was to be withdrawn.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for public inspection at the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

Enquiries

 

Reach plc

 

Jim Mullen, Chief Executive Officer

Darren Fisher, Chief Financial Officer

Lorraine Clover, Group Company Secretary

 

020 7293 3000

 

 

Teneo

 

Giles Kernick

020 7353 4200



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